• go $fsck yourself@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Did you even look at the article or did you see “Cloud flare” in the title and immediately grabbed your pitchfork?

    The article is outlining a situation where Cloudflare is advocating to maintain privacy.

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      14 days ago

      …but why? What do they gain from it?

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        14 days ago

        Business, the core of their business model over any other CDN is that steadfast privacy that they will only give information when it’s mandated by a court order

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          14 days ago

          But do they have “canaries” that allow the user to verify they are indeed doing that?

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      14 days ago

      This haves nothing to do with the article. Cloudflare overall haves too much power on the Internet. On August 31st 2022, Matthew Prince (Cloudflare’s CEO) released a statement defending his role as a service provider and not a regulatory body. But 3 days later, Cloudflare blocks a website called Kiwifarms. You maybe thinking, “Wait, that goes against his first statement he made.”. You’re right. I ask you, do you want a company like that to have so much power over the Internet?